The NOLADrinks Show with Bryan Dias – Neal Bodenheimer of CureCo – 2022Ep20
This time around on The NOLADrinks Show with Bryan Dias, we’re over at the James Beard award-winning bar Cure in Uptown, New Orleans. Our guest is CureCo. co-founder, Neal Bodenheimer. We discuss their hospitality group and the growing number of spaces they operate....
The NOLADrinks Show with Bryan Dias – Live Music Returning to NOLA and Frenchmen Street – 2022Ep19
On this week’s The NOLADrinks Show with Bryan Dias, we discuss the return of live music to New Orleans and, specifically, to its iconic music district – Frenchmen Street. We welcome Patrick Williams of Midnight Revival, a new music venue and bar located in the...
The NOLADrinks Show with Bryan Dias – The Sazerac Cocktail – 2022Ep18
On this week’s The NOLADrinks Show with Bryan Dias, we’ve got a whole lotta Sazerac going on! We’re at the Sazerac House talking Sazerac Cocktail Week and, of course, the Sazerac Cocktail itself! We welcome the Sazerac House’s Matt Ray to the show where we talk about...
The NOLADrinks Show with Bryan Dias – Tales of the Cocktail 2022 Annual Preview – 2022Ep17
On this week’s The NOLADrinks Show with Bryan Dias, we are pleased to bring you our traditional annual Tales of the Cocktail preview! We’re over at the Southern Food and Beverage Museum chatting with Eileen Wayner, CEO of the Tales of the Cocktail Foundation. We let...
The NOLADrinks Show with Bryan Dias – New Orleans Concierges – 2022Ep16
On this week’s The NOLADrinks Show with Bryan Dias, we chat with two leading New Orleans concierges. Our guests are Leah Hoyt, president of the New Orleans Concierge Association, and John Fitzpatrick, the organization’s social director. Leah is at the city’s Windsor...
The NOLADrinks Show with Bryan Dias – Bayou Boogaloo 2022 – 2022Ep15
On this week’s The NOLADrinks Show with Bryan Dias, we are talking all-things Bayou Boogaloo 2022! This terrific festival is returning to a full-scale production on Bayou St. John in Mid-City, New Orleans. We chat with festival director and president of Friends of...
The NOLADrinks Show with Bryan Dias – Lisa Wicker of Widow Jane Distillery – 2022Ep14
This time around on The NOLADrinks Show with Bryan Dias, we chat with Lisa Wicker, president and master distiller for Widow Jane Distillery, a terrific craft whiskey producer in Brooklyn, New York. We discuss their rapid success, the great expressions they make, and...
The NOLADrinks Show with Bryan Dias – Philanthropy and Development with Tales of the Cocktail Foundation – 2022Ep13
On this week’s The NOLADrinks Show with Bryan Dias, we talk with the co-chairs of the Philanthropy and Development Committee for the Tales of the Cocktail Foundation, Eric Bennett and Kellie Thorn. We discuss the various issues the committee is tackling in the...
The NOLADrinks Show with Bryan Dias – Bartenders Roundtable at Midnight Revival – 2022Ep12
On this week’s The NOLADrinks Show with Bryan Dias, we bring you a fun and interesting “Bartenders Roundtable” – just talkin’ drinks and hospitality! We’re at Midnight Revival – the bar and music venue at the newly reopened and renovated Frenchmen Hotel located on New...
The NOLADrinks Show with Bryan Dias – The Year in Beer 2021 – 2022Ep11
This time around on The NOLADrinks Show with Bryan Dias, we welcome back Brewers Association chief economist, Bart Watson! Bart and the association just put out their comprehensive annual report on craft beer and the larger beer industry as a whole for 2021 in the US....
The NOLADrinks Show with Bryan Dias – The Café Brûlot Cocktail – 2022Ep10
On this week’s The NOLADrinks Show with Bryan Dias, we visit with author Sue Strachan at the famed New Orleans restaurant, Arnaud’s! We discuss her new book The Café Brûlot. It’s a famous drink, though (almost certainly) not invented in New Orleans, that has found its...
The NOLADrinks Show with Bryan Dias – French Quarter Festival 2022 – 2022Ep9
On this week’s The NOLADrinks Show with Bryan Dias, we are very excited to bring you the return of our annual French Quarter Festival preview! That’s right, after a two-year layoff, the finest music festival in the world is back for their 39th happening! We talk with...
The NOLADrinks Show with Bryan Dias – Jackie Summers of Sorel Liqueur – 2022Ep8
This time around on The NOLADrinks Show with Bryan Dias, we welcome back friend of the show, Jackie Summers, aka Jack from Brooklyn! Jackie is an educator, activist, and entrepreneur. He is the founder and creator of Sorel Liqueur, a terrific spirit with deep roots in...
The NOLADrinks Show with Bryan Dias – The Life and Legacy of Chef Lena Richard – 2022Ep7
On this important episode of The NOLADrinks Show with Bryan Dias, we chat with Chef Dee Lavigne, owner of the Deelightful Roux School of Cooking, and Professor Zella Palmer, chair of the Ray Charles Program in African American Material Culture at Dillard University....
The NOLADrinks Show with Bryan Dias – Chris Cabrera – LGBTQ+ Portfolio Ambassador for Bacardi – 2022Ep6
On this week’s The NOLADrinks Show with Bryan Dias, we chat with Bacardi’s National LGBTQ+ Portfolio Ambassador, Chris Cabrera. We talk about this unique role that they have pioneered and how it has evolved over the past couple of years. We talk about the importance...
The NOLADrinks Show with Bryan Dias – New Orleans Bourbon Festival 2022 – 2022Ep5
On this episode of The NOLADrinks Show with Bryan Dias, we bring you our yearly preview of the 4th annual New Orleans Bourbon Festival! This terrific event is back in action after a two-year layoff due, of course, to the pandemic. We talk with the festival’s...
The NOLADrinks Show with Bryan Dias – Tales of the Cocktail 2022 – 2022Ep4
On this week’s The NOLADrinks Show with Bryan Dias, we bring you a look at Tales of the Cocktail 2022. We’re joined by the organization’s CEO, Eileen Wayner. We talk about the excitement surrounding the event’s in-person return to New Orleans in July. Also, we discuss...
The NOLADrinks Show with Bryan Dias – Annene and Jeff “Beachbum” Berry of Latitude 29 – 2022Ep3
On this installment of The NOLADrinks Show with Bryan Dias, we return to one of our favorite haunts in the French Quarter of New Orleans – Latitude 29! We’re joined by proprietors and good friends, Annene and Jeff “Beachbum” Berry. We discuss their interesting...
The NOLADrinks Show with Bryan Dias – The Year of American Whiskey at SoFAB with New Orleans Bourbon Fest – 2022Ep2
On this episode of The NOLADrinks Show with Bryan Dias, we’re talking the Year of American Whiskey – a series of regular monthly events taking place at the Southern Food and Beverage Museum in partnership with the New Orleans Bourbon Festival. We chat with the...
The NOLADrinks Show with Bryan Dias – Turning Tables Vol3 – 2022Ep1
On this edition of The NOLADrinks Show with Bryan Dias, we chat with the leaders and latest student group from Turning Tables. This is the 3rd cohort to pass through the organization. Turning Tables seeks to provide professional training and life skills for persons of...